Carlson, Lewis H.
Person
Biography
Dr. Lewis H. Carlson was a professor of history at Western Michigan University. After 31 years at WMU, he retired on April 30, 1999.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Tom Briscoe, May 11, 1989
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 7
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with WMU alumnus Tom Briscoe, conducted by Lew Carlson on May 11, 1989 in Detroit, Michigan. Briscoe recollects his youth in Detroit, playing athletics at the St. Antoine Street Branch of the YMCA, and coming to Western Michigan University where he majored in Physical Education, boxed, and played football. He talks about what it was like to be a black college student athlete at WMU in the nineteen thirties. President Waldo is remembered, as well as various faculty and...
Dates:
May 11, 1989
Oral history interview with Tom Slaughter, May 4, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 9
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